Microsoft unveils Copilot Vision, which analyzes text and images on webpages, Think Deeper, which reasons through more complex problems, Copilot Voice, and more
A week after announcing a wave of updates for its enterprise suite of Copilot AI-powered products, Microsoft is launching …
AI chip startup Cerebras Systems files for a US IPO, with plans to trade on the Nasdaq as CBRS, and reports a $66.6M net loss on $136.4M in sales in H1 2024
Artificial intelligence chip startup Cerebras Systems on Monday filed its prospectus for an initial public offering …
Microsoft will start rolling out Click to Do, similar to Google's Circle to Search, and AI-enhanced search features for Windows on Copilot+ PCs next month
Microsoft is using AI models to greatly improve Windows search on its new Copilot Plus PCs, including the addition of a new Click …
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence announces a plan to understand Sonos' software and corporate culture missteps and rebuild trust with customers, after the app debacle
The Sonos app debacle will go down as an all-time tech industry blunder, but now the company is taking steps to turn the page.
Sony fixes a massive outage of its online gaming network PSN, affecting the PS3, PS4, PS5, PS Vita, web, and more, lasting for eight hours; some issues persist
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console users are now able to play online games again following a massive outage on Sony's gaming network that started on Monday night.
As the US and allies try to sanction Evil Corp., the UK NCA says the ransomware gang conducted cyberattacks and espionage ops on NATO allies on Kremlin orders
- Evil Corp. cybercrime crew conducted espionage on NATO members — UK, US and Australia issued sanctions against alleged hackers
FCC connectivity data in counties affected by Hurricane Helene: as of September 30, 370 of North Carolina's 1,452 cell sites are out because of a lack of power
In some counties, fewer than 10% of all cellphone service sites are fully functioning. — Some of the victims of Hurricane Helene are cut off from the outside world.
MIT spinoff Liquid AI debuts its non-transformer AI models LFM-1B, LFM-3B, and LFM-40B MoE, claiming they achieve “state-of-the-art performance at every scale”
Liquid AI, a startup co-founded by former researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
Filing: UAE-based G42 accounted for 87% of Cerebras' H1 2024 revenue and has committed to buy $335M worth of its stock by April 2025, giving G42 a 5%+ stake
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Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens 2, with no replacement, and will only push “updates to address critical security issues and software regressions” until 2028
HoloLens 2 production has ended, Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR. — Now is the last time to buy the device …
Over the past year, one researcher has reported dozens of flaws in 19 commercial services used by hundreds of US courts, state agencies, and police departments
With hundreds of courts and agencies affected, chances are one near you is, too. — Public records systems that courts …
Google announces new Chromebook models from Samsung and Lenovo, and adds AI features to ChromeOS; Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus gets a new Quick Insert key
Google is announcing new Chromebook models today with Samsung and Lenovo. With Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus model in particular …
Some criticize YC-backed PearAI for forking AI code editor Continue, which has the Apache open-source license, and slapping on a ChatGPT-written closed license
A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy.
Microsoft begins rolling out Bing Generative Search, its answer to Google's AI Overviews, to users in the US
Microsoft has launched its answer to Google's AI-powered search experiences: Bing Generative Search. — On the heels of a pilot in July, Bing Generative Search …
Cloud backup startup Eon, founded in January 2024, emerges from stealth with a Sequoia-led $20M seed, a $30M Series A, a $77M Series B, and a $750M valuation
A team of founders who sold their last company to Amazon to build a new unit within AWS is setting out to reinvent the tricky business …
Apple asks a US judge to throw out or narrow an App Store anti-steering injunction, saying rulings in two unrelated cases undermine an order that Epic had won
Apple (AAPL.O) has asked a U.S. judge to throw out or narrow a decision governing its lucrative App Store, saying …
Microsoft's new Windows 11 update adds generative AI-based fill and erase options to Paint and up to 8x picture resolution upscaling to Photos, for Copilot+ PCs
It starts rolling out today, and Copilot+ PC owners can test new features soon. — Now that we're a few years …
Parents and US lawmakers are debating whether social media has fueled a teen suicide crisis, as mental health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans
Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online for answers. Bluesky: @madelinevo.bsky.social and @caseyjohnston.bsky.soc...
Microsoft to pay pubs for content used by Copilot Daily, a new assistant providing a spoken summary of current events, signs up Reuters, FT, Axel Springer, more
Microsoft is going to pay publishers for content that will appear in Copilot Daily, a new feature of its Copilot AI-powered, cross-platform assistant. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social . X: @tomwarren S...
In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
Notes on Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which generates a podcast with two AI hosts discussing user-provided content and is surprisingly effective
the cadences, interleaving banter and narrative threads all of it is crraaazy [video] Deedy / @deedydas : NotebookLM may be Google's non-copycat product with organic traction in 15+ years with ~1M mon...
A US court awards Amazon a partial dismissal of an FTC lawsuit accusing it of illegal monopolies, in a sealed ruling whose details weren't immediately clear
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Nick Clegg says Meta plans to build the Quest 3S in Vietnam from 2025; Meta did not specify the size of the investment and of its existing operation in Vietnam
Phuong Nguyen / Reuters :
An interview with WhatsApp Product Director Alice Newton-Rex on end-to-end encryption, spotting misinformation, the UK's Online Safety Act, Telegram, and more
The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users X: @cristinacriddle , @gateklons , @aservais1 , and @1br0wn X: Cristina Criddle / @cr...
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera
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The US NLRB issues a complaint accusing Apple of violating staff's rights to organize and advocate for working conditions via allegedly unlawful workplace rules
A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple (AAPL.O) of violating employees' rights to organize and advocate …
The FCC announces a $31.5M settlement with T-Mobile over four data breaches, in 2021, 2022, and 2023, that compromised personal info of millions of US customers
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An unredacted New Mexico lawsuit shows Snap grappled internally with how to warn Snapchat users of sextortion risks without striking fear in users and parents
New Mexico claims the social-media company's product features and enforcement gaps make its platform a haven for child predation and blackmail
YouTube reaches a deal with SESAC that will bring back songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Kanye West, and others that were removed over the weekend in the US
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Google starts construction of a new $2B data center in Malaysia, and says its investments would create 26,500 jobs and contribute $3B+ to the economy by 2030
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Udemy forces creators to use opt-out windows, the first of which was three weeks and ended on September 12, to prevent their videos from being used to train AI
https://www.404media.co/... X: Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : This is a really wild story in part because Udemy is being more transparent than other companies, and is saying: It is too expensive for...
Oura says it expects annual sales to double to ~$500M in 2024; sources say it plans a fourth-gen, thinner fitness ring with better battery life in October 2024
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CA Gov. Newsom signed AB 2013 into law, requiring those behind publicly available generative AI models to post a summary of the datasets used to train them
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A look at Calliope Networks, a content licensing company whose License to Scrape program is targeting YouTubers to strike their own AI training data agreements
Kate Knibbs / Wired : X: @alexalarga and @knibbs . LinkedIn: Dave Davis X: Alex Alarga / @alexalarga : @WIRED An interesting article picture. I imagine that for the other platforms the depiction woul...
Streamers on Twitch, YouTube, Rumble, Kick, and other livestreaming services are discussing politics more, garnering interest from both presidential campaigns
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Thoughts on OpenAI's fundraise reports and how Apple reportedly backing out may lead to Microsoft giving OpenAI money to pay Microsoft for Apple's ChatGPT usage
what you need to know The Information : SoftBank to Invest $500 Million in OpenAI Abhinaya Prabhu / Tech Funding News : SoftBank Vision Fund to invest $500M in OpenAI at $150B valuation Niklas Jan Eng...
A US judge dismisses a DOJ lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of 100K+ harmful products, citing Section 230 protections
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An interview with SAP CEO Christian Klein on why regulating AI would harm EU competitiveness, investing €2B per year in AI, building the Joule chatbot, and more
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